Last night at the close of the episode of “American Idol,” Ryan Seacrest asked the judges who they thought would be eliminated tonight. They were dumbfounded, and well they should be. This group is insanely talented, and most of them just keep delivering the goods each week. And as they move through the weeks, the best of the best even make it more difficult to vote. So here is how it went down, and I’m going to try my best to base this on my own judging and not that of the judges.
THE INSANELY AMAZING
Casey Abrams was going to do The Police’s “Every Little Thing She Does is Magic” but instead went with Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” Good choice, and he accentuated it by playing stand-up bass and only a mandolin player to accompany him. And it was, and I don’t want to understate this, pure magic. Casey is an artist, more so than just about anyone left standing, and it’s mind blowing to me that the almost went home two weeks ago. Randy said Casey made CCR proud and that he made upright bass cool, Steven said Casey is a true musician and J-Lo said she would pay top dollar to be in the front row to watch Casey perform as she was last night.
